Oil-can



F. A. HASSE'AND. RJMOBRlS OIL CAN. APPLICATION FILED OCT-20, 920.

-1,38 0;956; Patentedlun 7,1921.

lvwmtw UETED -"l" EEEQO FREDERICK A. HASSE AND RICHARD MORRIS, OF BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN.

OIL-CAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June '7, 1921.

Application filed October 20, 1920. Serial No. 418,151.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK A. HAssn and RICHARD Monnrs, of Benton Harbor, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to hand oil cans and particularly of the type wherein auxiliary means is provided for returning the spring bottom of the can to normal position after it is pressed inwardly to force the oil from the can, and the object of our invention is to provide an improved, simple and highly cilicient can of this character which may be readily constructed at slight cost and one wherein there is no likelihood of disarrangement of the auxiliary spring means nor chance of such element wearing the bottom of the can by frictional movement thereover.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 2 is a view of the spring detached.

In the drawings. we have shown the body of the can at 1, its discharge nozzle at 2, and a spring bottom at 3. 4 indicates an auxiliary spring which we preferably form of fiat spring steel, one end, 5, of the spring being solderedv or riveted to the bottom 3 at about its axial center. The spring is then bent to form a loop 6, the other end of the spring being secured by solder or riveting to the bottom of the can adjacent its edge, as indicated at 7. By this arrangement we secure highly advantageous results. The spring has what may be termed its fixed supportat a point on the bottom of the can where there is practically no spring to the can bottom while the opposite end which we call the active end of the spring is secured at the axial center of the can where it exerts a maximum tension on the can bottom.

The advantages of our invention will be apparent.

We claim as our invention:

In an oil can comprising a container having a spring bottom and side walls, and a discharge spout therefor, a spring having one end fixedly secured to the spring bottom at about its center, said spring having an upwardly extending looped portion. and its other end fixedly secured to the spring bottom adjacent the edge of such bottom.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification.

FREDERICK A. HASSE. RICHARD MORRIS. 

